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Nope, Lady Gaga Is Still Ineligible for Best New Artist Grammy

By Ben Sisario November 23, 2009 1:11 pmNovember 23, 2009 1:11 pm

Yana Paskova for The New York TimesLady Gaga performing at Terminal 5 in May.

Sorry, Gaga.

Despite reports to the contrary, the organization behind the Grammy Awards has confirmed that Lady Gaga is not eligible for its best new artist prize. The singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, is one of the biggest success stories of the year, but she does not qualify for the award because she has been nominated before: at the 51st annual Grammys ceremony, last February, her song “Just Dance” was in the running for best dance recording. (It lost to Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger.”)

A spokeswoman for the Recording Academy, which bestows the awards, said that a report by Entertainment Weekly’s Music Mix blog incorrectly implied that the group would alter its rules this year. Instead, Neil Portnow, the academy’s president, said that any changes in eligibility rules would take effect the following year. “This particular issue in the Best New Artist category is on our radar and I would expect changes to address it in our next year’s voting,” he said.

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, and nominations are to be announced in a live television broadcast on Dec. 2.

What Lady Gaga does shouldn’t be considered music. Have you seen her lyrics? They shouldn’t even be classified as music. It’s music like this which degrades women as some sexual object, like the point of all of her music videos.

‘Lady Gaga does not qualify for the award because she has been nominated before: at the 51st annual Grammys ceremony, last February, her song “Just Dance” was in the running for best dance recording. (It lost to Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger.”)’

Imma let you finish, but “Harder Better Faster Stronger” came out in 2001.

Matthew, you’re simply closed minded.
All of her songs mean something, it just takes a while for people to understand it.
Her second album definitely has much more meaning than the first.
Anyway, I see that even though she didn’t get nominated for Best New Artist, she got nominated for 5 other awards. Congrats to her. I hope she walks away with at least one.

Gaga is a talented entertainer and we should be happy that she’s made it! She worked very hard to reinvent herself and make herself marketable when the music execs told her there was no room for another ‘britney, jessica, michelle branch’.

She is unique and represents individuality, and for people like Matthew, they need to open their brain and stop hating and just enjoy her music, and everything else their missing in life due to their close-minded personality.